Speaker 1: Welcome to another edition of the Official Jets Podcast powered
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Speaker 1: West as the Jets take on the l A Rams
Speaker 1: in Week fifteen, just one week after another West Coast
Speaker 1: trip against this Seattle Seahawks, and e A and I
Speaker 1: caught up with Rams team reporter Serena Morales. We talked
Speaker 1: Jets Rams and before we do that, I just want
Speaker 1: to circle back to what I just alluded to. This
Speaker 1: is the second trip of a back to back West
Speaker 1: coaster late in the season, yeah, the second half, and
Speaker 1: it's going to be interesting when we get to that
Speaker 1: point if the Jets do indeed stay out in the
Speaker 1: West Coast following their matchup with the Seattle Seahawks on December,
Speaker 1: because then ensuing game is in l A against the Rams,
Speaker 1: and it will be the Jets second appearance in the
Speaker 1: new l A Stadium in two thousand and twenty, and
Speaker 1: it's there, I know, matchups of the year against the
Speaker 1: NFC West. And in terms of dal A Rams, where
Speaker 1: do they fit in the West right now? Because it
Speaker 1: feels like a team in transition. We've talked about the
Speaker 1: forty Niners, who the Jets open up the season against
Speaker 1: at home in a week two, and how complete they are.
Speaker 1: They just narrowly missed winning the world's title last year.
Speaker 1: The Seattle Seahawks, who the Jets see the week prior
Speaker 1: to this matchup. As I just said, they have Russell Wilson,
Speaker 1: so they're going to be a threat no matter anytime
Speaker 1: they take the field. The Arizona Cardinals. A lot of
Speaker 1: people believe that the Cardinals are an off swing with
Speaker 1: Cliff Kingsbury and Kyler Murray of course, and is you
Speaker 1: mentioned before your Syracuse along Chandler Jones on the defensive
Speaker 1: side of the ball, plus Patrick Peterson, they had DeAndre
Speaker 1: Hopkins to the mix. So with all that being said
Speaker 1: about the NFC West, where did the Rams fit in now? Yeah?
Speaker 1: I almost feel like people forget about the Rams. I
Speaker 1: think it surprises people, at least when you look back
Speaker 1: on it that the Rams were nine and seven last year.
Speaker 1: It feels like people almost write them off because they
Speaker 1: missed the playoffs, even though the year before they went
Speaker 1: three and thirteen, well nine and seven in the a
Speaker 1: f C probably would have gotten them in, or at
Speaker 1: least they would have had a chance. Like the Tennessee Titans,
Speaker 1: And this is a different Rams team than I think
Speaker 1: a lot of fans are accustomed to seeing, at least
Speaker 1: in the past couple of years, with a new defensive
Speaker 1: coordinator and no Brandon Cooks, a kind of refurbished offensive line.
Speaker 1: I just personally, e a, I don't know what to
Speaker 1: think of the Rams because on one hand, they're not
Speaker 1: far removed from a Super Bowl run, and on the
Speaker 1: other hand, they just feel very different from that run.
Speaker 1: And you'll hear from Serena Moraley shortly like I didn't
Speaker 1: realize the Rams had a top ten defense last season. Yeah, well,
Speaker 1: they do have a couple of studs on the defensive
Speaker 1: side of the ball and Aaron Donald, who still might
Speaker 1: be the top interior defensive alignment in the league. Guys,
Speaker 1: is an absolute, uh crazed medicine there. And then Jalen
Speaker 1: Ramsey is a top five quarter cornerback easily in the
Speaker 1: National Football League. But like many teams out there, you
Speaker 1: see definite strength. But yeah, that definitely caught my eye.
Speaker 1: Went Wade Phillips was dismissed in the off season and
Speaker 1: the Rams decided to go in another direction. And then
Speaker 1: the offensive side of the ball, we thought about Todd
Speaker 1: Gurley for years, and now he is in Atlanta. He's
Speaker 1: gonna be playing for the fall, and so he got
Speaker 1: a changing backfield behind golf. They really didn't protect while
Speaker 1: last offseason and didn't get things moving in the run game,
Speaker 1: and a lot had to do with injuries. I do
Speaker 1: like the receivers and some of their pieces at tight end,
Speaker 1: but it's like for every strength you have with the Rams,
Speaker 1: then somebody can counter and talk about a weakness. So
Speaker 1: I don't know greens as we look at the Rams
Speaker 1: right now if this is a playoff team in two
Speaker 1: thousand twenty. But you gotta give a lot of credit
Speaker 1: to Sean McVeigh and what he's done there. It's just
Speaker 1: it seems like they're just going through a lot of
Speaker 1: change right now, and some of it's positive, but some
Speaker 1: of it is going to require some time. Did you
Speaker 1: see recently that Aaron Donald posted a video asking essentially
Speaker 1: Sean McVeigh to put him in on goal line situations
Speaker 1: on offense. And not only that, it wasn't even as
Speaker 1: a running back. He was lining up as a receiver
Speaker 1: outside of his pool. And then he showed off his
Speaker 1: hands on a little nor football three or freaking athletes
Speaker 1: doesn't surprise me. Right, we saw j J. Walt Watt
Speaker 1: catch a touchdown pass against the Jets relatively recently. Right,
Speaker 1: we saw a what do that? And hey, if you're
Speaker 1: Aaron Donald, why the hell not? You can do everything
Speaker 1: on the defensive side up. Also, why not get some
Speaker 1: touches offensively? Exactly? All right, Well, let's hear from Serena
Speaker 1: Morales real quick to learn a little bit more about
Speaker 1: this Rams team in I want to start off with
Speaker 1: a broad question. I feel like a lot of the
Speaker 1: external media view the Rams are taking a step back
Speaker 1: last year after a thirteen and three Super Bowl run season.
Speaker 1: So from your angle, what do you think the biggest
Speaker 1: difference was between last year's team and the team that
Speaker 1: made it to the Super Bowl. A lovely strong offensive
Speaker 1: line that had no injuries at all. You know, we
Speaker 1: have had like a lot of criticism towards Jared Goff
Speaker 1: last season because it was like, wow, that's a very
Speaker 1: Unjared like year, But we didn't look at the guys
Speaker 1: who were protecting Jared Goff that old line. You had
Speaker 1: your center injured, you had both cards injured, you had
Speaker 1: a taco injured. Really the only man that was consistent
Speaker 1: on at O line was the oldest person in the league,
Speaker 1: Andrew Whitworth, who was like the guy on the sidelines
Speaker 1: and in that line, keeping everything as consistent as possible.
Speaker 1: And mind you, there were a lot of great things
Speaker 1: that came out of that from learnings. I mean, I
Speaker 1: think you know, you stall Jared worked through a very
Speaker 1: difficult time. If you don't have guys that are protecting you,
Speaker 1: and you know that Jared Goff's strength is to throw
Speaker 1: the ball down the field with his arm um and
Speaker 1: you're not protected, that's gonna be a problem for you.
Speaker 1: So I think you saw a difference there a lot.
Speaker 1: I think there were some injuries that outside of the
Speaker 1: old line that also affected that. Gerald Everett was injured
Speaker 1: our tight end, when you later on saw someone like
Speaker 1: Tyler Bigby step up and have an incredible season and
Speaker 1: you like had uh four games in a row of
Speaker 1: a hundred yards. So I mean there were guys that
Speaker 1: certainly stepped up as the as the season progressed. But
Speaker 1: that O line, the injuries of Note Bloom and Allen
Speaker 1: and Rob Havenstein were critical, and I think this year now,
Speaker 1: with a lot of rests, we're gonna see that old
Speaker 1: line come back way more consistent, way more ready. I
Speaker 1: get props to Austin Blythe who stepped in and went
Speaker 1: from a guard position to center and really like, calm
Speaker 1: down the madness, because if you think about it, you
Speaker 1: had guys who had never had NFL experience come in
Speaker 1: and they were thinking, you're a rookie coming into the league.
Speaker 1: All right, well, I've got a little time to work
Speaker 1: into this position. Nope, you are going in right now, buddy.
Speaker 1: Good luck. So I think those things we just kind
Speaker 1: of look past because we're like, we're an NFL player,
Speaker 1: you know how to play football, that's it, and and
Speaker 1: that's not actually how it works. So I give a
Speaker 1: lot of props to the old line and give a
Speaker 1: lot of props to, you know, just the entire offense
Speaker 1: that really worked with a lot of those injuries. So
Speaker 1: that was to me, that was the biggest difference that
Speaker 1: took place outside of some smaller, you know, like individual
Speaker 1: injuries like a Gerald Everett. But then that opened up
Speaker 1: opportunities for Tyler Higbee to have an incredible end of
Speaker 1: the season where the Rams fit in the NFC West.
Speaker 1: A lot of people would say the San Francisco forty
Speaker 1: Miners are the most complete team in football. Russell Wilson
Speaker 1: is one of the most valuable performers in the NFL,
Speaker 1: so you're gonna be dealing with him for a while.
Speaker 1: And a lot of folks are high in the Arizona
Speaker 1: Cardinals this year and their young coach Cliff Kingsbury and
Speaker 1: their young quarterback Kyler Murray. I mean, Cliff Kingsbury really
Speaker 1: put them on the market after he showed off his
Speaker 1: backyard to all of us during the draft. I think there,
Speaker 1: so it's like, oh wait, we gotta put the Cardinals
Speaker 1: up there in the NFC West. I think that the
Speaker 1: nfacy West in general is just an unfair place to
Speaker 1: be because they're so good and I'm sure all of
Speaker 1: them have very nice backyards like Cliffs. However, we really
Speaker 1: saw an improvement with all of the teams in the draft,
Speaker 1: and so really what I think the Rams, what I
Speaker 1: think that the Rams are really gonna have to prove
Speaker 1: in the NFC West is an improvement of the up
Speaker 1: the run game. Because you have the Seahawks who love
Speaker 1: running the ball, You've got the forty Niners who love
Speaker 1: running the ball, and you've got the Cardinals, You've got
Speaker 1: Kyler Murray's gonna run the ball himself. So I think
Speaker 1: really and I think the Rams have done that this offseason.
Speaker 1: They picked up guys like a Sean Robinson, they brought
Speaker 1: back Michael Brocker's. You know, they're trying to figure out
Speaker 1: and mean, who's gonna work at the linebacker's position, because
Speaker 1: there's been a lot of changes there with the departure
Speaker 1: of Clay Matthews. But I think overall, Leonard Floyd, another
Speaker 1: guy they brought in a new DC, Brandon Staley, who
Speaker 1: I've heard amazing things from the players in general that
Speaker 1: this guy is energetic, he has the respect of the players.
Speaker 1: So if you're gonna now focus on this this particular spot,
Speaker 1: which actually was a top ten defense already last season,
Speaker 1: and you're gonna improve and make sure that you're keeping
Speaker 1: that there so that way, when Aaron Donald is double teams,
Speaker 1: you're still gonna be able to stop a run game.
Speaker 1: I think that's the key. And then in addition to that,
Speaker 1: obviously to bringing back Jalen Ramsey, I saw a lot
Speaker 1: of great things from Troy Hill, a guy like a
Speaker 1: safety like um John Johnson coming back from an injury
Speaker 1: will be significant to the defense as a whole. But honestly,
Speaker 1: I know we talked a lot about the difference between
Speaker 1: last year and the year before that. When the Rams
Speaker 1: went to the Super Bowl was offense, but now we're not.
Speaker 1: We're gonna be able to also focus on defense, which
Speaker 1: is pretty key if you're gonna rank anywhere in the
Speaker 1: NFC West. I could see all of the NFC West
Speaker 1: teams somehow making you know, playoff run. It's it's kind
Speaker 1: of ridiculous that the Rams are in a predicament to
Speaker 1: play all these teams twice. Like good for us? All right,
Speaker 1: So quick follow up there from Afar. It was a
Speaker 1: surprise that Wave Phillips was dismissed one of the Rams,
Speaker 1: specifically coach McVeigh. They're seeing Staley and how is that
Speaker 1: defense going to change in terms of how they attack.
Speaker 1: So they're trying to keep it as consistent as possible
Speaker 1: from the Wade Phillips regime to the Brandon Staley regime.
Speaker 1: I haven't heard of any changes on the three four
Speaker 1: defense teams, so I mean, really they love The only
Speaker 1: thing that was significant over from last season to moving
Speaker 1: into this season is they lost the corner like Nickel
Speaker 1: will be Coleman, who was a very significant corner. I
Speaker 1: mean he was nicknames alot about. But I think again,
Speaker 1: we've got a lot of players that can step up.
Speaker 1: They've they've drafted a couple of guys who could be
Speaker 1: working either safety and or a corner, which will be significant. Um.
Speaker 1: The Rams this offseason drafted from a lot of top
Speaker 1: tier schools like most of the time, and I give
Speaker 1: it to the the props to the scouts, but you know,
Speaker 1: you're got getting guys like Eastern Washington, like a Cooper
Speaker 1: Cup or a Sanson a become who are like, oh,
Speaker 1: I think I've heard of this guy and maybe didn't
Speaker 1: splash at the draft or the combine the way that
Speaker 1: you would normally see guys splash. But then obviously Cooper
Speaker 1: Cup becomes one of the best whiteouts in the NFL.
Speaker 1: So they've been very good at, you know, finding those guys.
Speaker 1: But I think this year in particular, they're looking for
Speaker 1: guys to step in and go in and play. And again,
Speaker 1: I think they've had some learnings from maybe you know,
Speaker 1: some of the injuries that they experienced from the old
Speaker 1: line last season. So I could see, you know, them
Speaker 1: kind of switching things up. But right now, because we're
Speaker 1: in a situation where we haven't really been able to
Speaker 1: get on the field field and go into training camp,
Speaker 1: that is still to be to be seen. But Brandon
Speaker 1: Staley a lot of respect I've heard from multiple players
Speaker 1: like Jalen Ramsey in particular, is just like I love
Speaker 1: his energy. Other cornerback Troy Hill loves his energy, and
Speaker 1: so I'm excited to see what he can do. He
Speaker 1: comes from a great background. So let's go. Let's bring
Speaker 1: this on. I want to keep things on the defense
Speaker 1: because I feel like when a lot of people think
Speaker 1: about the Rams, you think about Sean McVeigh and this offense,
Speaker 1: and I'm just curious how you would evaluate the Rams
Speaker 1: defense based on strength and weaknesses. Obviously you think of
Speaker 1: guys like you mentioned Aaron Donald and Jalen Ramsey. But
Speaker 1: if you're the Jets when you traveled to l A
Speaker 1: and you face this defense I finished top ten last year,
Speaker 1: where do you go about attacking them? Well? I mean
Speaker 1: I I really do think that the Rams took a
Speaker 1: significant step this offseason to make sure that their run
Speaker 1: game was strong and that was more focused. Obviously, again,
Speaker 1: we I joke. But it's like, the Rams have to
Speaker 1: play three other teams that have great run games, so
Speaker 1: they've got to focus on that, right, And that's what
Speaker 1: they did with a Sean Robinson and Leonard Floyd. They
Speaker 1: brought back Michael Brocker's I will tell anybody in the
Speaker 1: universe that I don't know what bottles were popped, but
Speaker 1: I know Aaron Donald was so happy when they brought
Speaker 1: back Michael brocker Is to play on that d line. Um,
Speaker 1: I don't think people realize Also when you have a
Speaker 1: guy like Aaron Donald, well maybe people do realize it
Speaker 1: because it's Aaron Donald, but Aaron Donald opens up a
Speaker 1: lot of the game on the other end. So if
Speaker 1: you have an edge raction's like doing well, they don't
Speaker 1: have to face the same amount of pressure if Aaron
Speaker 1: Donald's there. Because we've seen table their tape game after game,
Speaker 1: Ara Donald will go through a wall and it's okay,
Speaker 1: and somehow he's like, oh, yeah, I just made it through,
Speaker 1: no problem. I found this small, little inch gap and
Speaker 1: I made my way through an attack the quarterback. So
Speaker 1: I think, um that we don't realize that he opens
Speaker 1: up the rest of this side of the of the game.
Speaker 1: And so the run game I think will be a
Speaker 1: huge improvement consistent from last season, if not more. Um,
Speaker 1: but I think a significant part of that was Michael Proper.
Speaker 1: So if you're trying to beat the Rams, you know,
Speaker 1: I really do think that the run game has already improved,
Speaker 1: but the past game obviously has a guy like Jalen Ramsey.
Speaker 1: I think Troy Hill is someone who's been very underrated
Speaker 1: over the years. Um. You know, last year you saw
Speaker 1: changes like a key to Leaves departure and Marcus Peters departure,
Speaker 1: and there were changes just overall, but Troy Hill really
Speaker 1: stepped up. And a person that you really lacked on
Speaker 1: that past run game was a guy like John Johnson,
Speaker 1: who had a shoulder injury. Has I've seen him training
Speaker 1: this offseason and he looked strong and his main focus
Speaker 1: is He's told many time and time again, he's just
Speaker 1: like screen, I just want to get back. A guy
Speaker 1: like Taylor Rap has done a great job stepping into
Speaker 1: that safety linebacker position. So I mean, right now i'd
Speaker 1: say just you know, maybe don't play offense and just
Speaker 1: go straight to you know, trying to stop the Rams.
Speaker 1: But I'm really excited to see you know, just the
Speaker 1: Rams overall focused on all the little minute parts that
Speaker 1: maybe we don't think about. In addition to Sean McVey,
Speaker 1: we'll say this time and time again, in order for
Speaker 1: us to win games, it's offense, defense, and special teams.
Speaker 1: The Rams have a new special teams coordinator, a job
Speaker 1: bon Amigo. Um, they're keeping a guy like Johnny Hecker.
Speaker 1: John bon Amigo has already said, I know that Johnny Hecker,
Speaker 1: can you know fake punt, be a quarterback, be a punter,
Speaker 1: be a kicker. So you've gotta go like that, who's
Speaker 1: consistently been with the Rams since he was drafted. Um,
Speaker 1: so that'll be That's the one nugget that I'm like, Oh,
Speaker 1: I'm interested to see how this team kind of gets
Speaker 1: pulled together because right now they also have three kickers
Speaker 1: that are going to compete for the job, which will
Speaker 1: I mean competition breed success. So it'll be an interesting spot.
Speaker 1: But I really don't know. I could give the Jets
Speaker 1: anything if it comes to whether you're gonna beat him
Speaker 1: on the run of the pass game. What is in
Speaker 1: store for the Rams offense this year? You mentioned mcbaby before.
Speaker 1: Jared Goff, a veteran in the National Football League. That's
Speaker 1: a changing backfield behind him. No more Todd Gurley cam
Speaker 1: Akers was drafted. I know they like the receivers. You
Speaker 1: mentioned the old line being a weakness last year because
Speaker 1: of health. There doesn't seem to be a lot of
Speaker 1: changes up front though, in addition to better health. How
Speaker 1: much of this is their success? The Rams offensively going
Speaker 1: to be on golf this year, so Robert Wood said
Speaker 1: maybe a couple of weeks ago he was just like,
Speaker 1: I would love to see this Rams offense go back
Speaker 1: in the air again. I think, Um, there's a lot
Speaker 1: of obviously eyeballs on Cooper Cup and Robert Woods. And
Speaker 1: again with the departure of a guy like Brandon Cooks,
Speaker 1: you saw, those three guys are like WHOA. The Rams
Speaker 1: drafted a guy like Van Jefferson, who I have heard
Speaker 1: is pretty much the same as a Cooper Cup and
Speaker 1: Robert Woods. He is a smart wide receiver. Um, he
Speaker 1: will find his open spaces, he maximizes on those parts,
Speaker 1: and he's consistent with Sean McVeigh loves consistency. This wide
Speaker 1: out group in particular is a group that does not
Speaker 1: drop the ball. Josh Reynolds is another guy I think
Speaker 1: is underrated who would be constantly asked to step in
Speaker 1: at times and he would be like, okay, like I've
Speaker 1: got to jump in for a Brandon Cooks or Robert
Speaker 1: Woods or Cooper Cup, which is not easy to do.
Speaker 1: So I really do think that the RAMS wide out
Speaker 1: group is only getting better with a guy like Van Jefferson,
Speaker 1: who's a coach his son, so I mean, you guys
Speaker 1: know him, actually, so I do believe that Van Jefferson
Speaker 1: is gonna be great. They also, again you said it
Speaker 1: picked up a guy like Hamakers and Makers succeeded uh
Speaker 1: in a Florida State offense who had a pretty roughed
Speaker 1: up OH line as well. So if we are looking
Speaker 1: at like, okay, what happened last year and what were
Speaker 1: things that the Rams needed to fix, not only are
Speaker 1: we healing up our OH line, now we're gonna bring
Speaker 1: in a running back they can work with the dinged
Speaker 1: up old line and he'll still figure out a way
Speaker 1: to succeed. So I think that will be really interesting.
Speaker 1: Darryl Henderson is another running back that didn't get as
Speaker 1: much playtime last year. Obviously, if you got a Todd
Speaker 1: guy like Todd early out you're not going to see that.
Speaker 1: But this year, I think there's a lot more space
Speaker 1: for to see a guy like Darryl Henderson to succeed um.
Speaker 1: And then Malcolm Brown has been sort of the steady
Speaker 1: horse in this running backs group, and so I could
Speaker 1: also see you know, a mix there. I mean, you
Speaker 1: saw the year that the Rams went to the Super
Speaker 1: Bowl just two seasons ago. The Rams ran a very
Speaker 1: consistent eleven personnel and that was because you know, Sean
Speaker 1: McVeigh was trying to mask all the different plays that
Speaker 1: they ran. Sometimes you saw Robert Woods blocking, sometimes you
Speaker 1: just Cooper Cup playing running back or tighten. I mean,
Speaker 1: there were so many different changes that Sean McVeigh tried
Speaker 1: to do. Well, now you've got a new running back,
Speaker 1: a new wide receiver that replicate exactly what you're kind
Speaker 1: of trying to do and hiding your your plays on
Speaker 1: offense along with the Tyler Higby who have been the
Speaker 1: last four or five games of the season really showed
Speaker 1: what he can do. Let's not forget we still have
Speaker 1: Gerald every who had some injuries last season, who also
Speaker 1: has the opportunity to do things. So while I stay, yeah,
Speaker 1: Jared Golf has to you know, didn't have a Jared
Speaker 1: golf season last year due to some of those injuries.
Speaker 1: Now we've got guys who are healed up. Now we've
Speaker 1: got some new pieces to this offense that Jared can
Speaker 1: use um at his disposal. What do you think about
Speaker 1: some happenings off the field for your franchise to l
Speaker 1: A Rams moving into a new stadium and Serena will
Speaker 1: will you will we see you on Hard Nuts. Now
Speaker 1: I'm trying to figure out how to get on this show.
Speaker 1: Everyone's oh the clickers that are like on Hard Knocks,
Speaker 1: And I'm like your team reporter man, like, let's go.
Speaker 1: I'm just here, you know, hang now, Uh no, I am.
Speaker 1: I'm excited. Hard Knocks cool, especially because it's the Chargers
Speaker 1: and the Rams going into Gray Stadium. Everyone's got new uniforms.
Speaker 1: Are really excited about the uniforms. Actually, I love the
Speaker 1: fact that the Rams have the first off white bone coloring.
Speaker 1: Like I feel like the players are all like, all right,
Speaker 1: like put on a new uniform. I've made this comparison before,
Speaker 1: but as someone who loves running and working out, like
Speaker 1: what is like the best part? Like sometimes you're like, oh,
Speaker 1: I really don't want to work out. But if you
Speaker 1: buy those new sneakers and you buy that nice new
Speaker 1: workout here, all of a sudden you're running seven six
Speaker 1: minute miles down the street smiling, you forget all about
Speaker 1: the pain that you're actually putting your body through. So
Speaker 1: I would say, the Rams have a new uniform. Yes,
Speaker 1: please start a hashtag gets Serena on hard knocks or
Speaker 1: maybe we'll figure out something better than that. UM. But
Speaker 1: I'm excited, and I'm I'm I mean, it's great. The
Speaker 1: fact that we're still doing hard knocks. There's two teams
Speaker 1: in l a UM is going to be exciting. The
Speaker 1: Rams have a new look and and that stadium looks amazing.
Speaker 1: If you guys fly into LA because we'll see it
Speaker 1: and it's it's ready for football. He I'm curious your
Speaker 1: perspective if you're the Jets, how do you go about
Speaker 1: winning this football game? And what matchups do you think
Speaker 1: are in favor of the Green and White. Well credit
Speaker 1: to Serena first off, because I can center myself a
Speaker 1: high energy guy. She is unbelievable energy. Uh, she's somebody
Speaker 1: who's talking about getting up early in the morning southern California,
Speaker 1: getting her workout in running miles in the six minute
Speaker 1: range and then she comes on here at like a
Speaker 1: bolt of lightning, and oh, that's the Chargers. So the
Speaker 1: Jets play earlier in the year on the calendar. But
Speaker 1: a couple of things that she addressed was run defense.
Speaker 1: She repeatedly came back to that. So can the Jets
Speaker 1: challenge Rams linebackers? You're gonna have to make sure you
Speaker 1: a lot of times double Aaron Donald because he's a
Speaker 1: guy who basically is impossible a single block. We know that,
Speaker 1: But this is another game where I think this revamp
Speaker 1: offensive line, maybe they can get some traction in the
Speaker 1: run game. And then Sam Donald is gonna be making
Speaker 1: a home coming back to southern California. That should open
Speaker 1: things up up top. You're probably gonna stay away from
Speaker 1: Jalen Ramsey, but that's okay because they're gonna have to
Speaker 1: to tend with a number of players on the Jet
Speaker 1: side of the ball. But that's the first thing is
Speaker 1: the Rams failed to be consistent stopping the run in
Speaker 1: two thousand nineteen. Can they do it in two thousand twenty?
Speaker 1: Will know a lot about this Rams team as this
Speaker 1: season progresses. On the other side of the football. To me,
Speaker 1: it's clear this team has a lot of question marks
Speaker 1: up front. They really do. So can the Jets defensive
Speaker 1: line and front seven dominate? Because if you can, you
Speaker 1: can make it for a long day for Jared Goff,
Speaker 1: even though what his weapons, they're talented. All right, Well,
Speaker 1: there you have it. That's the Jets Keys to success
Speaker 1: in Week fifteen at l A for the second week
Speaker 1: and the second game of a back to back West
Speaker 1: Coast trip, first in Seattle in Week fourteen, then traveled
Speaker 1: down to southern California, wrapping their West coast trips up
Speaker 1: against the Los Angeles Rams. And that was another edition
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